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单词 oireachtas
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Oireachtasn.

Brit. /ˈɪrəxtəs/, /ˈɪrəktəs/, /əˈrɒxtəs/, /əˈrɒktəs/, U.S. /ˈɪrəktəs/, /əˈrɑktəs/, Irish English /ˈɪrəxθəs/, /əˈrɑxθəs/
Forms: 1800s– Oireachtas, 1900s– Oireactas. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish Oireachtas.
Etymology: < Irish Oireachtas assembly, gathering, convocation < oireacht meeting (Early Irish airecht ; cognate with Welsh araith speech (13th cent.; in Old Welsh as hared with sense ‘song, verse’), of uncertain origin) + -as (see -ness suffix).An tOireachtas is the regular Irish form that includes the definite article; compare the Irish text of quot. 1922 at sense 2 and the following:1947 S. Malone Notes Procedure Oireachtas p. vii The National Parliament (An tOireachtas) consisting of the President and two Houses.
1. A cultural festival held annually by the Gaelic League of Ireland, on the model of the Welsh Eisteddfod.First held in 1897.
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society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > cultural
stethva1612
Eisteddfod1822
mod1891
feis1896
Oireachtas1896
fleadh1966
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > music festival
stethva1612
festival1753
music festival1790
musical festival1804
Eisteddfod1822
Sängerfest1865
mod1891
Oireachtas1896
songfest1903
biennial1928
pop festival1951
folkfest1963
fleadh1966
rockfest1966
fleadh cheoil1972
festie1988
1896 Evening Tel. (Dublin) 27 Aug. 3/5 The following resolution was also passed unanimously—. ‘That an “Oireachtas” or public assembly on behalf of the Irish language be held annually by the Gaelic League, at which prizes would be offered for readings, recitations, songs and dramatic sketches in Irish’.
1899 United Irishman 20 May 1/1 The Oireachtas has decidedly come to stay.
1902 W. B. Yeats Let. 20 Jan. (1954) 364 Royalties..I shall ask A. P. Watt to send..to the Sec. of Gaelic League, Dublin. Do you think I should specify the purpose? Say an Oireachtas prize.
1913 Irishman Feb. 4/1 The keynote of this Oireachtas must be that Irish shall be plainly and unmistakeably the dominant language.
2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 June Triple winner of the traditional singing category at the annual oireachtas competition.
2. The parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of a lower house of elected representatives (Dáil Éireann) and a partially nominated upper house or senate (Seanad Éireann).
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in Ireland
Oireachtas1922
Leinster House1949
1922 Constit. Irish Free State (Electronic text) Art. 12 A Legislature is hereby created, to be known as the Oireachtas [Irish dá ngoirfear an tOireachtas].
1923 W. B. Yeats Senate Speeches (1961) 53 A joint committee of both houses to consider how suitable accommodations for Oireachtas may be obtained.
1977 Cork Examiner 6 June 2/8 Ever since it has been bandied about both in accusation and refutation on the subsequent occasions of the passage of an electoral Bill through the Oireachtas.
2000 Irish World June 3/4 The Oireachtas subsequently passed special legislation to enable him to collect a £40,000 a year pension.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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